Composite Polyamide 6/Polypyrrole Conductive Nanofibers

✍ Scribed by Flavio Granato; Andrea Bianco; Chiara Bertarelli; Giuseppe Zerbi

• Book ID: 102491743
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 404 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1336
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200800623

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Conductive Polyamide 6 (PA‐6) nanofibers were prepared by making a conductive polypyrrole coating obtained by a polymerization of pyrrole molecules directly on the fiber surface. A solution of PA‐6 added with ferric chloride in formic acid has been electrospun and the fibers obtained showed an average diameter of 260 nm with a smooth surface. The fibers have been then exposed to pyrrole vapours and a compact coating of polypyrrole was formed on the fiber surface. The growth of the coating was monitored by measuring the increment of the fiber diameter and by FT‐IR spectroscopy. The same technique was used to study the interaction between the ferric chloride and the polyamide chains. The polypyrrole coating on the fibers turned out to be conductive with a pure resistive characteristic and the stability of the conductivity was evaluated in air at room temperature.

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